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Agenda item

24/02397/FUL The Bull Inn, Sheep Street, Charlbury

Minutes:

Rebekah Orriss, Planning Officer, presented the application for the erection of a garden structure forming a private event space (retrospective).

Councillor Kenrick, Charlbury Town Council, spoke in objection to the application and raised the following points: Parking provision and road safety and existing storage space taking up parking spaces.

Chris Tatton spoke in objection to the application and raised the following points: the history of applications and retrospective applications, traffic congestion caused by dangerous parking and inadequate parking within the town.

 

Phil Winser, Director of the Public House Group, spoke on behalf of the applicant and raised the following points: The structure was for events and was temporary, the business provided local people with jobs, the storage area had been enclosed and was not visible, the local cricket club had agreed to provide extra parking.

The Planning Officer’s presentation addressed the following points:

·         The application was for a garden structure with temporary permission for 3 years. The structure was located in the corner of the pub site and was walled off from the parking area.

·         The application was before the Sub-Committee as the Town Council had objected to it.

·         The Bull Inn public house was a Grade II listed building and is within the Charlbury Conservation Area and the Cotswolds National Landscape. There was also a holiday let used in associated with the pub.

·         The storage space was not being considered as part of the application and the events space was separate from this area.

·         There were no objections from Oxfordshire County Council Highways, Heritage Officers. There were no impacts on neighbouring amenities.

·         The application complied with polices OS2, OS4, E5, EH10, EH11, EH1, and T4 of the West Oxfordshire Local Plan 2031, the Charlbury Neighbourhood Plan and the relevant paragraphs of the NPPF and the West Oxfordshire Design Guide 2016 and was recommended for approval.

The Chair then invited the Sub-Committee to discuss the application, which raised the following points:

  • Members asked for clarification on the use of the cricket club’s parking. The applicant confirmed that at busy times the patrons of the pub parked at the cricket club to alleviate limited parking near the pub. In return the pub sponsored the cricket club’s youth team.
  • The storage area had been fenced off as there was an increase in the laundry bins due to the increase in the business. This area was not being considered as part of the application before the Sub-Committee.
  • The events structure was not visible from the road, was temporary and would be removed after 3 years. Members considered what impact the use of events structure alone would have on parking.

Councillor Geoff Saul proposed that the application be approved in line with the Officer recommendations with an additional condition stating that notwithstanding the approved plans, consent is granted solely for the temporary structure shown within the ‘scope of the works’ on plan 1203 PL04. This was seconded by Councillor Elizabeth Poskitt was put to the vote. The final wording of the condition was to be confirmed with the Chair.

 

Voting record – The vote was unanimous.

The Sub-Committee Resolved to:

1.    Approve the application approved in line with the Officer recommendations with an additional condition stating that notwithstanding the approved plans, consent is granted solely for the temporary structure shown within the ‘scope of works’ on plan 1203 PL04.

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